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Peer reviewedToplak, Maggie E.; Stanovich, Keith E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2002
The domain specificity and generality of an important critical thinking skill was examined by administering nine reasoning and decision-making tasks to 125 adults. Performance across tasks displayed considerable domain specificity, but five tasks displayed moderate convergence. Performance on tasks that displayed domain generality was more…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, Convergent Thinking, Critical Thinking
